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Drugs & Clinical Trials
April 18, 2007

Give a Clinical Trial a Try: It’ll Probably Cost Nothing

By Shaheen E Lakhan, MD, PhD, MEd, MS | 2 Comments | Share | Print | Email | Tweet | Like | 1+

Drugs_Clinical_Trials.jpgIf you’re looking for a different approach to a mental health concern, a clinical trial may be a good fit for you. Clinical trials, where new drugs and treatments are tested, are an important step in the study and treatment of mental health disorders. At any given time, thousands of trials go on throughout the country on almost all aspects of mental health. You can probably find one that’s right for you.

These trials are run by a variety of sources, from government agencies to private companies testing new drugs. Check out the US government’s online database of all trials at http://clinicaltrials.gov.

Studies can involve everything from experimental drugs and medicines for depression and schizophrenia to specialized therapy and treatments for eating disorders and ADD. Even if you don’t get exactly what you’re looking for in a trial, you’ll most likely benefit from participating. You’ll get expert medical care and probably a better understanding of your particular issue, which should point your way toward more effective treatment. And who knows, maybe the drug or other treatment you received will be your cure!

Shaheen E Lakhan, MD, PhD, MEd, MS

Shaheen Lakhan, MD, PhD, MEd, MS, is executive director of the Global Neuroscience Initiative Foundation (GNIF). He is a published scholar in protein biomarkers, bioethics, biotechnology, education technology, and neurology. He serves on the editorial board of several scholarly publications and has been honored by the U.S. President and Congress.

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2 Responses

  1. RAVI SHANKAR SINGH says:
    April 29, 2007 at 8:19 am

    in order to understand the human brain we have to know the behaviour of human brain and human body which is completely different
    To understand the human brain we have to understand first the subconscious motives and drives which regulates the complete activity of the concerned man.
    we also have to derive the equation to evaluate and calculate the mental potentiality of the individual man, naturally obtained from their parents.
    After certain disorder or deformation what potentiality has been lost should also be evaluated.
    what was the thrust responsible for that disorder or deformation?
    we also have to develop the therapy and measures to regulate each and every motives and drives to establish the equilibrium in brain.
    How it can be minimised,what should be the remedial measure for permanent effect instead of temporary effect.
    FOUNDATION OF MIND AWAKENING AND NEURO ANALYTICAL STUDIES MUMBAI (INDIA) after long and great research now able to minimise any mental problem like dippression, fear phobia mania stress sleeplessness(insomnia) to a great extent which can be measured in any lab,by increasing the action potential of certain neuron responsible for that particular imbalance in brain

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  2. Shawn Ahmau says:
    October 14, 2011 at 4:43 am

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